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Bus Drivers Strike with Climate Activists in 57 German Cities

Apr 8 / Berit Ehmke and Yanira Wolf
A group of a hundreds autoworkers gather outside with red shirts and fists raised.

Southern Auto Workers Are Rising

Apr 5 / Luis Feliz Leon
People with signs stand on grass outside an office building. The man speaking holds a red banner that says, "Solo organizados conquistaremos nuestros derechos laborales. Casa Bajia Obrera." Others listening hold printed blue UAW logo signs and hand-written signs that say "Shame on VU" or "End the blacklist."

Our Class Has No Borders: Why the UAW Is Standing Up with Mexican Auto Workers

Mar 29 / Brandon Mancilla
Close-up of a diverse crowd standing, clapping,shouting, raising fists. T-shirts in front row say "save our pensions" and "we are one." Banner on wall behind them says "Machinists District [751], Keep America Working." Handmade signs say things like "No no no, don't sell your soul," and "Thanks IAM, you're standing up for all of us."

Finally Back in Bargaining This Year, Can Machinists Save Boeing from Itself?

Mar 27 / Don McIntosh
People are gathered around a table wearing masks, a woman with dark hair speaks and gestures in the middle.

Steward’s Corner: 'There Aren’t Enough of Us’

Mar 20 / Ellen David Friedman
People rally on brick steps (Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Squre) on a rainy day. Many wear blue or red T-shirts under their coats. Banners say "Ready to strike" and "Soldarity." Picket signs say "Fair Contract Now," "Solidarity with Strike-Ready Teachers," and "Essential Wages for Essential Workers."

Strike Threat Wins in Confrontation over Remote Work

Mar 12 / Michelle DuBarry

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Four women in red scrubs, of various races, stand, all masked, raising their fists in the air, some clasping one another's hands. They are at the front of a large crowd in the ballroom.

Pulsing with Life: 2024 Labor Notes Conference

Apr 26 / Alexandra Bradbury

With a Velvet Glove, Mercedes Tries to Punch Down Alabama Union Momentum

Apr 10 / Luis Feliz Leon
Postal workers rally outside a post office. There is some snow on the ground. A big blue banner says "Staffing, Safety, and Service: Letter Carriers Need a Raise! NALC Branch 9, Minneapolis." Printed picket signs say "End Mandatory Overtime," "First Class Service, First Class Pay," and "Fair Contract Now."

Momentum for Open Bargaining Grows in the Letter Carriers

Apr 10 / Tyler Vasseur
Two images of Anne Feeney. In the one on the left she is younger with long hair, standing on the bed of a pickup truck, singing into a mic, wearing a red "Solidarity Forever" T-shirt. In the one on the right she is older with shorter hair, singing into a mic indoors at the Labor Notes Conference, one fist in the air, wearing a black "Railroad Workers United" T-shirt, with a "Troublemakers Union" banner hanging on the wall behind her.

Anne Feeney: Pittsburgh’s Hellraiser, Memorial Events Planned for May 1

Apr 9 / Evan Greer
Chest-up photo of Dennis Serrette, a Black man, leaning back in a wooden rocking chair, resting his face gently on one hand, smiling warmly, bathed in warm evening light, with some greenery behind him.

Dennis Serrette ¡Presente!

Apr 1 / Gene Bruskin
Workers in orange vests and hardhats crouch around a track. They are framed by a big yellow piece of equipment in the foreground. The day is very sunny.

Rail Workers Push for One Member, One Vote

Mar 28 / Joe DeManuelle-Hall

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Help workers get to the Labor Notes 2024 Conference! Photo of a crowd of workers at the 2022 Conference. In front are two workers wearing turbans raising fist in the air. Labor Notes logo in bottom right.